okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
A couple of questions
Think about how you prepare for orienteering.
1. If you had to reduce the amount of preparation you do by one hour a week, what would you cut out?
2. If you had to add to your preparation by one hour a week, what would you add?
I can answer the first question easily. I usually ride a bike trainer in my basement once or twice a week. I usually do 30 minutes at a time. In a half hour I get warmed up, break a good sweat and get in a little work. It is better than doing nothing. It is much better than sitting in front of the TV and eating chips. But if I cut it out, I wouldn't lose much.
The second question is a lot tougher for me to answer. It is tougher because there are so many possibilities. I could add ten minutes a day to what I'm doing now. Or I could add another one hour session. Or I could spend another hour driving to maps for technique training. I could add stretching or strength training. I could play field crumpets. Or I could spent an hour a week mapping, or studying maps, or playing Catching Features.
I like asking myself these sorts of questions. It forces me to think about what I'm doing; to question the decisions I make about training.
posted by Michael |
7:22 PM
